| LC control no. | nb2014018652 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lévis, François-Gaston, duc de, 1719-1787 |
| Variant(s) | De Lévis, François-Gaston, duc, 1719-1787 Lévis, François-Gaston, marquis de, 1719-1787 Lévis, François-Gaston, chevalier de 1719-1787 Lévis, chevalier de, 1719-1787 |
| Associated country | France Canada |
| Associated place | New France Artois (France) |
| Birth date | 17190820 |
| Death date | 17871126 |
| Place of birth | Ajac (France) |
| Place of death | Arras (France) |
| Field of activity | Armed forces |
| Profession or occupation | Soldiers Armies--Officers |
| Found in | Lettres du chevalier de Lévis concernant la guerre du Canada (1756-1760), 1889 A plan of Fort William Henry and the English camps & retrenchments with the French different camps and attack there upon, 1765 (plan identifies the position of the troops of "Mr. De Levis") Dictionary of Canadian Biography online, 13 Aug. 2014 (François (François-Gaston) de Lévis, Duc de Lévis; army officer; François de Lévis was born 20 August 1719 at the Château d'Ajac, near Limoux, France, son of Jean de Lévis, Baron d'Ajac; in 1763 Lévis left active service and in 1765 was appointed governor of Artois; he received the baton of a marshal of France on 13 June 1783, and the following year he was created a duke; he died 26 November 1787 at Arras, France) Bibliothèque nationale de France authority file, viewed online 13 Aug. 2014 (hdg.: Lévis, François-Gaston (1720-1787 ; marquis de); ref.: Lévis, François-Gaston (1720-1787 ; duc de); Maréchal de France) French Wikipedia, 13 Aug. 2014: under François Gaston de Lévis (born 20 August 1719 at Ajac, Aude; died 26 November 1787 at Arras; a French soldier who won renown in New France and obtained the rank of Marshal of France; in 1748, King Louis XV made him a chevalier de Saint-Louis, being then known as the "Chevalier de Lévis"; became first Duc de Lévis) Wikipedia, 13 Aug. 2014: under Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis (François de Gaston, Chevalier de Lévis; born 20 August 1719 in Ajac, Aude; died 26 November 1787; a French noble and a Marshal of France; served as a capable second in command to Louis-Joseph de Montcalm in the defense of New France during the Seven Years' War) |
| Associated language | fre |
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